Why not blame Bush for sunburns too?

Silly season is sillier than usual.

Billboards along I-4 between Tampa and Orlando in Florida are blaming the president for the rash of hurricanes that hit the state this year. ("Blame Bush for Hurricanes")

No, seriously.

Two groups -- one an "environmental" advocacy group, the other the NAACP (you probably didn't know they were scientists) -- have pooled their resources to convince the electorate that a vote for George Bush is a vote for hurricanes and homelessness.

Their premise is global warming, naturally. Many scientists aren't sure what causes global warming, and not all meteorologists are convinced that hurricanes will necessarily get worse because of it. New scientific data seems to indicate that the sun itself has turned up the heat on planet Earth a few notches in the last fifty years, accounting for perhaps as much as two-thirds of any as-yet-indeterminate warming trend.

Okay, the environmental group's involvement we sort of understand. Does the NAACP think that the globally-warmed new breed of hurricane discriminate against minorities? Or is the truth that the enviros need the NAACP's money to get out the message "Blame Bush for All Bad Things" ?